Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,029 books)

10 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Libraries are the backbone of knowledge and key to preserving the integrity of humanity’s wisdom. Libraries provide free access to information and educational resources, promote literacy, preserve history, build community, and also offer a safe space for people to learn, explore, and connect with their local culture. Libraries act as a vital hub for knowledge and community engagement, regardless of socioeconomic background.
In order to preserve this vital service, they must be used.
For this challenge, I am proposing that we read 15 books from our libraries. 
Be it a physical paper book or an ebook from your library’s digital collection, or even an audiobook. Every book checked out signals that libraries are still relevant, still important, still necessary and useful. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Defy Me

Shatter Me #5

Tahereh Mafi

363 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne

I Am Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne

14 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2009

nonfiction autobiography music funny informative medium-paced
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey

Hunter

Hunter #1

Mercedes Lackey

11 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

Memphis

Tara M. Stringfellow

272 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Ignite Me

Shatter Me #3

Tahereh Mafi

408 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Wiener Across the Way by Amy Award

The Wiener Across the Way

The Cocky Kingmans #2

Amy Award

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance sports funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • paperback • 1892

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

353 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Złodziej Dusz by Aneta Jadowska

Złodziej Dusz

Heksalogia o Wiedźmie #1

Aneta Jadowska

454 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction fantasy adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

Murder by Cheesecake

Golden Girls Cozy Mystery #1

Rachel Ekstrom Courage

329 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced